The 49ers struggled in their NFL debut, winning only three games. A rival coach described them as "not big enough or tough enough."--49ers

Attempts by the State Alcoholic Beverage Commission to close down The Black Cat, a gay bar owned by Sol Stuman, end
when the California State Supreme Court rules that bars cannot be discriminated against because they choose to cater to gays
or lesbians.
--Social ..

1952

Founded in 1952 as the Bay Area Educational Television Association, the early volunteers began a long, uncharted journey forming the
basis for what is today KQED, one of the first public broadcasting companies in America
--A Strong History...

1957

The obscenity prosecution of Alan Ginsberg and Lawrence Ferlinghetti for the publication of Ginsberg's poem Howl ends with
the acquittal of both men.
--Social ..

1965

January 1, 1965
New Year's Eve costume ball at California Hall to raise funds for the Council on Religion and the
Homosexual was harassed by police. It became a turning point in the San Francisco gay rights
movement. ACLU took the case, which was dismissed.
--Chronology of San Francisco Rock (and more) 1965-1969

1966

The San Francisco Diggers became one of the legendary groups in the Haight-Ashbury during the
years 1966 to 1968. Shrouded in a mystique of anonymity, they took their name from the original
English Diggers of the 1640s. The San Francisco Diggers combined street theater, anarcho direct
action, and art happenings in their social agenda. Their most famous activities revolved around Free
Food (every day in the Panhandle), and the Free Store (where everything was free for the taking.)
They produced a series of events that mark the evolution of the hippie phenomenon from a homegrown
face-to-face community to the mass-media circus that splashed its face acrosss the world's front
pages and TV screens.
--The Digger Archives

The November 9, 1969 occupation was planned by Richard Oakes, a group of Indian students, and a group of urban Indians from the
Bay Area. Since many different tribes were represented, the name "Indians of All Tribes" was adopted for the group. They claimed the
island in the name of Indians of all tribes and left the island to return later that same evening. In meetings following the November 9th
occupation, Oakes and his fellow American Indian students realized that a prolonged occupation was possible.
--Alcatraz Indian Occupation

A collection of photographs which historically document the 1969-1971 occupation of Alcatraz Island by Indians of All Tribes,
Inc. These rare photographs were contributed by Ilka Hartmann, Michelle Vignes, and the National Park Service ...
--The American Indian Occupation of
Alcatraz Island -
1969 - 1971
by Professor Troy Johnson

Harvey Milk was born May 22, 1930 in Woodmere, New York. He became a sucessful Wall Street investment analyst and supported
Barry Goldwater for president. He got involved in Broadway theatre which began eroding his conservative views. He moved west and
decided that he wanted to be Mayor of San Francisco! His new found liberalism, charisma, weird sense of humor, and belief in
politics as theatre, set the stage for his San Francisco political career.
... t's 11 AM on Monday morning, November 27, 1978 in San Francisco.
The startling news comes to us from KSAN, the popular rock-and-roll station.
Dianne Feinstein, President of the Board of Supervisors, in a shaking voice says:
"Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk
have been shot . . . and killed.
The suspect is Supervisor Dan White."
--Harvey Milk

Dan White was a typical all-american-boy born and raised in San Francisco. He was a
policeman and then a fireman and then ran for Supervisor in the heavily conservative
Irish-Catholic working class neighborhood known as District 8. He promised to restore
traditional values to San Francisco city government. He promised to rid San Francisco of
"radicals, social deviates, and incorrigibles"...
However, he did not bother to contact White at any time during the weekend. By Monday morning White's rage had
reached a peak and he loaded his gun and went downtown. He entered City Hall through an open basement window to avoid the metal
detectors at the entrances. He went first to Moscone's office and shot him in the chest and then delivered a bullet to the head at close
range as the mayor lay dying on the floor. As he walked down the corridor to the Supervisors' offices on the other end of the building,
he reloaded his gun. He asked Harvey for a few minutes in private and led him into his former office where he slew him in the same
manner including two bullets to the brain... Dan White left City Hall without further incident and was found a short time later with his wife praying at Saint Mary's Cathedral, several blocks from City Hall.
Dan White was paroled from Soledad Prison on January 6, 1985 after serving a minimal sentence for manslaughter. He committed
suicide on October 21, 1985.
--Supervisor Dan White

1987

In June of 1987, a small group of strangers gathered in a San Francisco storefront to document the lives
they feared history would neglect. Their goal was to create a memorial for those who had died of AIDS,
and to thereby help people understand the devastating impact of the disease. This meeting of devoted
friends and lovers served as the foundation of The NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt.
-- The History of the NAMES Project

AIDS Patients Flock to San Francisco
When Jonathan Samoan found out he had the AIDS virus he knew where to go -- San Francisco.
If there is a mecca for AIDS patents this is it.
(John) "I knew that there were doctors in the San Francisco area that were very knowledgeable about treatments and I wanted that
for myself."
--AIDS Patients Flock to San Francisco - by Greg Lefevre

1992

Mayor Frank Jordan announces a state of emergency and a curfew after looters and vandals hit downtown following the
Rodney King beating verdict.
Police Chief Hongisto is fired after he orders his officers to clear the racks of 2000 copies of an issue of the gay Bay Times
which criticizes his tactics against King demonstrators
--Social ..

1993

July 1 - Apparently dissatisfied with the legal services he had received from the law firm of Pettit & Martin, he
entered their offices on the 34th floor of 101 California Street at 2:57 PM and within 4 minutes had killed
8 people and wonded 6.
--John Luigi Ferri